1990–91 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 November 1990.[1] with a second round of the presidential election held on 6 January 1991. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Jorge Antonio Elías of the Movement of Action in Solidarity, whilst the National Centre Union won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 56.4% in the elections on 11 November 1990 and 45.2% in the elections on 6 January 1991.

1990–91 Guatemalan general election

11 November 1990 (first round)
6 January 1991 (second round)
 
Nominee Jorge Serrano Jorge Carpio
Party MAS UCN
Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City
Running mate Gustavo Espina Manuel Ayau
States carried 21 1
Popular vote 936,389 438,990
Percentage 68.1% 31.9%

President before election

Vinicio Cerezo
DCG

President-elect

Jorge Serrano Elías
MAS

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Jorge Carpio NicolleManuel Francisco Ayau CordónNational Centre Union399,77725.72438,99031.92
Jorge Serrano ElíasGustavo EspinaMovement of Action in Solidarity375,16524.14936,38968.08
Luis Alfonso Cabrera HidalgoMarco Antonio Villamar ContrerasGuatemalan Christian Democracy271,93317.50
Álvaro ArzúFraterno Vila BetoretNational Advancement Party268,79617.29
Luis Ernesto Sosa ÁvilaLuis David Arturo Eskenasy CruzMLNFAN74,8254.81
René Armando de León SchlotterAracely Mercedes Conde Aguilar de PaizPSDAP555,8193.59
José Ángel Lee DuarteCarlos Francisco Gallardo FloresRevolutionary Party33,4292.15
José Ramón Fernández GonzálezJosé Adolfo Putzeys PachecoDemocratic Party of National Cooperation32,3252.08
Manuel Benedicto Lucas GarcíaHéctor Antonio Guerra PedrozaEmerging Movement of Harmony16,8941.09
Fernando Antonio Leal EstévezKurt Martín Meyer RodasNational Renewal Party11,0520.71
Leonel Hernández CardonaRaúl Horacio Montenegro CastellanosUnited Front of the Revolution7,9570.51
Jorge Antonio Reyna CastilloCarlos Antonio Torres HerreraDemocratic Party6,3410.41
Total1,554,313100.001,375,379100.00
Valid votes1,554,31385.931,375,37994.89
Invalid/blank votes254,48814.0774,1105.11
Total votes1,808,801100.001,449,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,204,95556.443,204,95545.23
Source: Nohlen, Rosón

Congress

Party District PR Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
National Centre Union357,52822.2833399,67925.72841
Guatemalan Christian Democracy276,07217.2121271,84217.49627
National Advancement Party233,55914.567268,77617.29512
Movement of Action in Solidarity225,03114.0210375,11924.14818
FRG-PID-FUN201,40112.551212
National Liberation Movement83,7385.2233
PSD-AP564,6334.03055,8043.5911
Revolutionary Party50,5473.15133,4172.1501
Democratic Party of National Cooperation24,7501.54032,2972.0800
National Renewal Party17,3861.08011,0250.7100
United Front of the Revolution16,8081.0507,9500.5100
Democratic Party13,2840.8306,4130.4100
PID-FUR-FRG11,9230.7400
Emerging Movement of Harmony10,7590.67016,9151.0900
MLN-FAN4,3810.27074,9944.8311
Organised Nationalist Union3,4220.2100
Popular Alliance 52,5210.1600
Democratic Social Party2,2040.1400
Guatemalan Republican Front1,8750.1200
National Progress Front1,6840.1000
Progressive Liberating Party5900.0400
FUN-PID4470.0300
PNR-MEC3200.0200
Invalid/blank votes196,733254,487
Total1,801,59656.21871,808,71856.4429116

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1990. New York, 1991.
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